Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski

Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski (Bulgarian: Божидар Чорбаджийски; born 8 August 1995) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays for CSKA Sofia and the Bulgarian national team. He is usually deployed as a centre back for both club and country.

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Brankov and the family name is Chorbadzhiyski.
Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski
Personal information
Full name Bozhidar Brankov Chorbadzhiyski
Date of birth (1995-08-08) 8 August 1995
Place of birth Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position(s) Centre back
Club information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia
Number 4
Youth career
2004–2014 CSKA Sofia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013– CSKA Sofia 117 (8)
2019 → FCSB (loan) 3 (0)
National team‡
2016– Bulgaria 9 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 October 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2019

Career

CSKA Sofia

Chorbadzhiyski joined CSKA Sofia as a nine-year-old in 2004 and subsequently progressed through CSKA's academy.[2] On 25 May 2013, he made his competitive debut as a 32nd-minute substitute for Plamen Krachunov in a 2–1 league loss against Lokomotiv Sofia at Lokomotiv Stadium.[3] On 4 April 2014, he signed his first professional contract.[4]

Chorbadzhiyski began to establish himself in the CSKA first team from the 2015–16 season, making 26 league appearances. He scored his first senior goal of his career in a Bulgarian Cup match against Botev Ihtiman on 9 September 2015, which CSKA won 5–0.[5] In that season he also collected his first trophy with the club, winning the 2015–16 Bulgarian Cup.

Loan to FCSB

On 20 August 2019 Chorbadzhiyski joined Romanian club FCSB on loan until end of the year, the fee was reported to be 50,000 euro with a buyout clause for 450,000 euro.[6]

International career

On 26 May 2016 Chorbadzhiyski received his first call up for Bulgaria for the Kirin Cup, replacing the injured Plamen Galabov.[7] He made his debut for the team on 6 September 2016 in a match against Luxembourg for the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, won by Bulgaria by a score of 4:3.[8] His second game for the team was again a qualification match for the 2018 World Cup against the Netherlands on 25 March 2017, won by Bulgaria with 2-0.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 26 October 2019

Club Season Division League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
CSKA Sofia 2012–13A Group100000–10
2013–140000–00
2014–15000000–00
2015–16V Group26091–351
2016–17First League31310–323
2017–1827430–304
2018–192913050–371
2019–20300010–40
Total 117816160––1399
FCSB (loan) 2019–20Liga I301000–40
Career total 120817160––1439

Honours

Club
CSKA Sofia

References
  1. "Профил на Божидар Чорбаджийски" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
  2. "Божидар Чорбаджийски: С труд всичко се постига" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 8 April 2014.
  3. "Lokomotiv vs. CSKA". soccerway.com. 25 May 2013.
  4. "Юноша подписа първи договор с ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). sportal.bg. 4 April 2014.
  5. "ЦСКА помете Ботев Ихтиман. Юношите пак блестят" (in Bulgarian). btvnovinite.bg. 9 September 2015.
  6. Bozhidar Chorbadzhiyski a semnat cu FCSB. Detaliile contractului
  7. Петев най-накрая повика играч на ЦСКА
  8. България изстрада драматична победа в голово шоу срещу Люксембург
  9. Браво, "лъвове"! България с голям успех над Холандия


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